The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple common tunes to learn. These are standard ???Jam??? tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are writtenin the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar mandolin banjo ukulele dulcimer or Dobro together grab these books and start jamming. Improvisation Another idea behind writing the First Jam series was to provide a number of tunes that were easy to learn but that are also a great to begin working on improvising. Each books offer the melody for that particular instrument aswell as back-up chords for another instrument to accompany you. Each song is represented in Tab notation and chord symbols. The accompanying CD has two tracks for each song. The first playing the song with the melody line thesecond track offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it or even improvise. Tunes include: Cripple Creek Old Joe Clark Will the Circle Be Unbroken and many more.

Hal Leonard Banjo Method-This innovative method teaches 5-string bluegrass style and is an inspirational course with a proven track record. With two instruction books and two cross-referenced supplement books this method offers the beginner a carefully-paced and interest-keeping approach to the bluegrass style. Covers easy chord strums for the beginner; learning tablature; right-hand rolls characteristic of bluegrass; techniques such as hammer-on slide and pull-off. Includes a recording for tuning and standard patterns.

Improvising and Arranging Songs on the 5-String Banjo-Splitting The Licks leads the Banjo player step-by-step through working out songs for the five-string Banjo from basic melodies in both Scruggs/bluegrass style and melodic/chromatic style. Each section containsexercises and examples for improvising. Furthermore this book teaches how to arrange music based on concepts of combining rolls and licks. Janet Davis' books are praised because they teach so well. This is oneof her finest. In tablature. Includes access to extended play audio and video downloads online.

Beginning with basic left- and right-hand techniques, Dennis Caplinger guides you through developing great backup parts and playing all over the neck. You'll learn the classic Scruggs style of picking along with the melodic style. Plus you'll study over 20 classic bluegrass standards, and you'll learn how to play them in several different styles. All books in the Ultimate Beginner Bluegrass Basics series are fully correlated to work together. This is the ideal method for the family that wants to play music together!

An instructional video that starts from the beginning! Clawhammer From Scratch begins as though you really have NO knowledge of how to play the five string banjo clawhammer style. Beginning at the beginning, Dan presents a brief history of the 5-string banjo then goes over the parts of the banjo, holding the banjo, right and left hand styles and his basic clawhammer strum. Even the strum is broken down into the steps of the finger and thumb. Based on Dan's innovative Meet the Banjo(TM) program where Dan brings 15 banjos and teaches players who may have never held a banjo, this video assumes no prior experience. Using one tune, Spotted Pony, you are guided through the chords, the scale and then the individual notes of the tune. This video ends with a few tips and frequently asked questions and even a chance for YOU to play with the fiddle and guitar just like in a private jam session. If you have been looking for that one instructional recording to get you started, this is the one for you. If you already have many books or videos but still can't seem to get the basics, this is the one for you, too! A 2-page pamphlet is included. Picking up where Volume 1 left off, in Volume 2 you will learn to capo up to D tuning, review the basics of the Double Thumb Pony, then head off into the banjo world by learning to drop thumb, hammer-on, pull-off, and slide your way into the Full Blown Pony. Just as in Volume 1, you are guided through the chords, the scale, and then the individual notes of the tune as well as each of the techniques that make Old Time Southern Appalachian clawhammer banjo music as exciting as you have heard. Each technique is taught, then applied to the tune and repeated in easily learnable segments. This video even gives you a chance to play banjo with the fiddle and guitar just like in a real jam session. Booklet included. / Banjo (5 Cordes) / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / 2-Dvd Set - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

10 great songs you can start playing while working on Play Banjo Today! books 1 and 2. Includes: Cripple Creek Drowsy Maggie Greensleeves Harvest Home Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Lorena The Morning Star The Star Spangled Banner Stone's Rag Sweet Sunny South. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside the book. The online audio player features Playback+ functionality that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

Par SLATER ALEC. With this volume, the reader is pleasantly surprised with two books in one- Section One by Alec Slater, and Section Two by Lisa Schmitz. Alec's portion is intended as a guide for the clawhammer or frailing banjo player with some previous experience in this style. He stresses the fact that this style of music can be fully learned only from within the oral tradition in which it grew. The instruction included here is meant to provide a review, and not to take the place of qualified teacher. Alec recommends that '...anyone wanting to get this playing right, should find someone in your area who plays and have him/her teach you. Listen to it, watch it, and make it your own.' In Section Two, Lisa Schmits presents an extensive collection of 163 jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes, strathspeys, waltzes, and songs from Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Cape Breton, New England and Southern Appalachia for banjo solo. The national origin of each tune is indicated. Lisa offers personal, authoritative settings of a great variety of tunes at an intermediate level. Written in tablature only. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Old Time - Solos / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

The Banjo Encyclopedia is a comprehensive in-depth Banjo instructional tool that covers the many intricacies of bluegrass Banjo playing including numerous topics that may have been overlooked in Banjoinstruction to date.The Banjo Encyclopedia can take a student from the beginning to intermediate and right through to more advanced styles of Banjo playing. Ross Nickerson uses his many years ofexperience helping hundreds of aspiring Banjo pickers by offering the Banjo student an opportunity to learn in a practical straightforward manner.This wide-ranging Banjo instructional book will focus on many techniquesthat will help every aspect of a Banjo player's musicianship while simplifying many subjects in the learning process. The downloadable audio with 99-track recording will enable the student to learn easily by hearing authorRoss Nickerson demonstrate each song and perform many of the Banjo licks and phrases included in the book slow and up to tempo.The audio download available online includes an advanced song section with a fullbluegrass band accompanying Ross along with additional intermediate songs for the student to learn. The Banjo Encyclopedia is undoubtedly one of the most complete five-string Banjo books on the markettoday and a must for every Banjo player's collection. Includes access to online audio.

With Online Audio-50 Tunes For Banjo contains a selection of Bluegrass Old Time and Celtic tunes for ensembles families and individuals. This book contains the same tunes as those found in the other 4 books of the series butthe tunes in this one are carefully arranged for the Banjo. The parts in this book range from beginner to advanced. Though many parts are arranged in standard 'Scruggs' style some are arranged in frailing or clawhammerstyle and many are arranged in melodic style. Where 'Scruggs' style is considered less melody / more finger roll pattern melodic style as the name implies is more melody / less finger roll pattern. Clawhammer style uses nofinger roll patterns; instead it is made up of a melody within a strumming rhythm pattern. This book includes access to online audio recordings of the tunes performed by a full band.

Flathead 5 String Banjos Of The 1930s And 1940s-While Gibson produced literally thousands of banjos prior to WWII only a handful were made in the now most desirable configuration: the Original Flathead Five-String Mastertone. Since Earl Scruggs helped to make them the most sought-after banjos in the world over 60 years ago these instruments have amassed a cult-like following.These particular banjos featured a completely innovative design when the Gibson Company introduced them around 1930. They have since become the benchmark in design sound quality and just sheer power among banjo players. They have therefore also become the inspiration for nearly every successful 5-string banjo that has been manufactured for the pastfive decades.Like Martin Dreadnaught and Fender Stratocaster guitars the Gibson Mastertone Banjo has achieved an exalted status: It is appreciated far beyond its utilitarian purpose as a musical instrument and considered a truly original American art form. The Mastertone design and style are instantly recognizable by musicians and music lovers around the world even if imitated by other manufacturers.Of the 130 or so Original Flathead Five-String Mastertones known to exist 19 of the absolute best are featured here. The Scruggs Reno Jenkins Crowe Osborne Huber and Mills banjos are shown in all of their glory with details of their known histories and provenances as well as never-before-seen photos bills of sale factory shipping ledgers and other ephemera relating to these rare and highly desirable instruments.